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Presents credentials to De Valera instead of Gov Gen, as heretofore; comment
Reads lr from E A Hayes, Natl Comdr of Amer Legion urging passage of Independent Offices Bill
Roosevelt signs Vinson bill authorizing construction of enough ships to bring navy by 1939 up to London Treaty strength; explains is it merely an authorization not an appropriation
PARIS, March 27. -- Following an order by Minister of Justice Henry Cheron for an inquiry into charges of the existence of secret deposits of arms, the Paris police raided eight suspected centres today, accompanied in each case by a magistrate.
Washington hears consequences of economic boycott of Germany are forcing modification of anti-Semitic policy
1934Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (died 2006)[†]
John Lawrence Taitt was a British sprint hurdler. He was born in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, British Guiana and competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
1934Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (born 1891)[†]
Mahmoud Mukhtar was an Egyptian sculptor. He attended the College of Fine Arts in Cairo upon its opening in 1908 by Prince Yusuf Kamal, and was part of the original "Pioneers" of the Egyptian Art movement. Despite his early death, he greatly impacted the realization and formation of contemporary Egyptian art. His work is credited with signaling the beginning of the Egyptian modernist movement, and he is often referred to as the father of modern Egyptian sculpture.